well as the handling of inland saline brines and contaminated water; 



4. Disbursements from Interior's Land and Water Conservation 

 Fund, administered by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, which 

 provide aid to states, municipalities, and other Federal Bureaus for 

 land acquisition and development of coastal recreation areas and 

 facilities; 



5. Assistance provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs andOffice 

 of Territories for development of indigenous marine industries; and 



6. Legal counsel and programs that relate to development of 

 offshore resources and international law of the sea. 



Environmental Protection Agency 



The major mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

 is to prevent, control, and abate pollution of our environment. EPA's 

 marine science and engineering programs reflect the authorizing 

 legislation within categories of Environmental Studies, Engineering 

 Development, and Regulatory Activities. 



In the category of Environmental Studies are programs to study 

 the effects of pollutants of marine fish and wildlife, to study the fate 

 of pollutants in the marine environment, to study the biological and 

 chemical processes in the Great Lakes, to conduct comprehensive 

 estuarine regional planning studies, to conduct technical studies of 

 pollution conditions in support of state agencies, and support of a 

 related data storage and retrieval system. 



EPA's program on the fate of pollutants in marine waters includes 

 studies of the processes governing transport, distribution, and 

 chemical transformation of pollutants in marine waters. Included 

 are investigations of the movement of heavy metals in estuarine and 

 coastal locations, mathematical modeling to predict time-space 

 distribution of waste discharges from barges and outfalls, and 

 studies of the distribution of viruses, metals, and chlorinated 

 hydrocarbons in waters and sediments of selected coastal areas. A 

 related effort is the investigation, assessment, and modeling of local 

 circulation patterns and other distributive forces at coastal 

 locations, with a principal focus on the heavily usedNew YorkBight 

 ocean disposal sites. 



EPA's role in the International Field Year for the Great Lakes 

 (IFYGL) program is to develop and conduct the biological and 

 chemical field studies. In FY'74, as the field studies of the IFYGL are 

 completed, a major effort will be to develop and improve the 

 predictive mathematical models relating the sources of pollution and 

 the physical, chemical, and biological transport processes with the 

 ecological effects. Efforts will be started to adapt the model for Lake 

 Ontario to the other Great Lakes. Studies will be undertaken to 

 develop improved guidelines and criteria for control of nutrients, 

 heated water discharges, dredge spoils, and oil discharges, and also 

 to assess the effectiveness of thermal and nutrient control programs. 



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